This book details worldwide research activities at laboratory & farm levels to control poultry red mites. It presents new control methods based on plants, predators or vaccine developments together with updated chemical, physical & managerial approaches. ...

This book details the main solar energy systems, problems involved with their control & how control systems can help in increasing efficiency. It examines thermal energy systems as well as photovoltaic generation & other solar energy applications. ...

Documentary by Jihane Noujaim about war, truth & the media, focusing in particular on the 2003 Iraq conflict. Noujaim & her film crew visit the headquarters of Al-Jazeera, the first commercial non-state-owned Arab satellite channel, to find out what the news looks like from the 'other side'. As well as interviewing producers & journalists from Al-Jazeera, Noujaim talks to American correspondents from American news channels NBC & CNN. The resulting documentary raises difficult & disturbing questions about the ethics of a media-managed war, & the function of propaganda in Western society. The film premiered at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival. ...

Helps engineers to apply control theory to practical systems using their PC. This book provides an intuitive approach to controls, avoiding unnecessary mathematics & emphasizing key concepts with more than a dozen control system models. It demonstrates the key topics with realistic models of control systems. ...

Offers a simple & practical approach to the study & analysis of control systems. This book integrates MATLAB examples with the conventional approach &

Includes:: solved problems & examples in each chapter. It offers the basic study of the control system & understanding of MATLAB.

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